Synopsys, Inc. v. Atoptech, Inc

Filing 763

JOINT STIPULATION OF PARTIAL DISMISSAL AND ORDER. Signed by Judge Maxine M. Chesney on June 14, 2016. (mmclc2, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 6/14/2016)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Robert A. Mittelstaedt (SBN 60359) ramittelstaedt@JonesDay.com Patrick T. Michael (SBN 169745) pmichael@jonesday.com Krista S. Schwartz (SBN 303604) ksschwartz@JonesDay.com David C. Kiernan (SBN 215335) dkiernan@jonesday.com Nathaniel P. Garrett (SBN 248211) ngarrett@JonesDay.com Joe C. Liu (SBN 237356) jcliu@JonesDay.com JONES DAY 555 California Street, 26th Floor San Francisco, CA 94104 Telephone: +1.415.626.3939 Facsimile: +1.415.875.5700 Heather N. Fugitt (SBN 261588) hfugitt@JonesDay.com JONES DAY Silicon Valley Office 1755 Embarcadero Road Palo Alto, CA 94303 Telephone: +1.650.739.3939 Facsimile: +1.650.739.3900 Attorneys for Plaintiff SYNOPSYS, INC. Philip W. Marsh, (#276383) Philip.marsh@aporter.com ARNOLD & PORTER LLP 1801 Page Mill Road, Suite 110 Palo Alto, CA 94304-1216 Telephone: (650) 798-2920 Facsimile: (650) 798-2999 Denise McKenzie (#193313) Denise.McKenzie@aporter.com ARNOLD & PORTER LLP 777 South Figueroa Street Forty-Fourth Floor Los Angeles, CA 90017-5844 Telephone: (213) 243-4000 Facsimile: (213) 243-4199 Attorneys for Defendant ATOPTECH, INC. 16 17 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 18 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 19 SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 20 21 Paul Alexander (#49997) Paul.Alexander@aporter.com Martin R. Glick (#40187) Marty.Glick@aporter.com Sean M. Callagy (#255230) Sean.Callagy@aporter.com ARNOLD & PORTER LLP Three Embarcadero Center, 7th Floor San Francisco, CA 94111-4024 Telephone: (415) 471-3100 Facsimile: (415) 471-3400 SYNOPSYS, INC., 22 Plaintiff, 23 v. 24 Case No. 3:13-cv-02965-MMC (DMR) JOINT STIPULATION OF PARTIAL DISMISSAL AND [PROPOSED] ORDER ATOPTECH, INC., 25 Defendant. 26 27 28 Joint Stipulation and (Proposed) Order Case No. 3:13-cv-02965-MMC (DMR) 1 STIPULATION OF PARTIAL DISMISSAL 2 Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(2), Plaintiff Synopsys, Inc. 3 (“Synopsys”) and Defendant ATopTech, Inc. (“ATopTech”), by and through their respective 4 counsel of record, hereby stipulate and agree as follows: 5 1. The Court, in its Order Construing Claims dated January 19, 2016 (ECF No. 507), 6 held that the claim term “means for identifying a cross-coupled circuit contained within said 7 netlist, wherein said cross-coupled circuit includes a primary net and an aggressor net” of Claims 8 15-19 of U.S. Patent No. 6,405,348 (the ’348 patent) is indefinite. 9 2. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) 10 issued its final decision in inter partes review (IPR) case no. IPR2014-01145 finding Claims 1-4 11 and 7-11 of U.S. Patent No. 6,237,127 (the ’127 patent) to be unpatentable. Synopsys did not 12 appeal that decision. 13 3. The PTAB issued its final decision in IPR case no. IPR2014-01150 finding, inter 14 alia, Claims 33-36 of U.S. Patent No. 6,567,967 (the ’967 patent) to be unpatentable. Synopsys 15 did not appeal the portion of the decision pertaining to Claims 33-36. 16 4. Based on the Court’s claim construction order, the parties agree that Synopsys’ 17 claim for infringement of Claims 15-19 of the ’348 patent should be dismissed with prejudice and 18 that ATopTech’s defenses pertaining to Claims 15-19 of the ’348 patent should be dismissed 19 without prejudice. By entering into this stipulation, neither party concedes that the rulings in the 20 Court’s claim construction order are correct and Synopsys and ATopTech reserve all rights to 21 appeal the Court's claim construction order and all other decisions entered prior to this stipulation. 22 5. In light of the PTAB’s decisions in the above-referenced IPR proceedings, the 23 parties agree that all claims pertaining to Claims 1-4 and 7-11 of the ’127 patent and Claims 33- 24 36 of the ’967 patent are moot. 25 26 27 28 -1- Joint Stipulation and (Proposed) Order Case No. 3:13-cv-02965-MMC (DMR) 1 2 3 4 5 6 Dated: June 14, 2016 Respectfully submitted, JONES DAY By: /s/ Patrick T. Michael Patrick T. Michael Attorneys for Plaintiff SYNOPSYS, INC. In accordance with Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), the above signatory attests that concurrence in 7 the filing of this document has been obtained from the signatory below. 8 ARNOLD & PORTER 9 By: /s/ Philip W. Marsh Philip W. Marsh 10 11 Attorneys for Defendant ATOPTECH, INC. 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -2- Joint Stipulation and (Proposed) Order Case No. 3:13-cv-02965-MMC (DMR) 1 [PROPOSED] ORDER OF PARTIAL DISMISSAL 2 3 4 5 IT SO ORDERED, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P., Rule 41(a)(2) and the Parties’ stipulation, that: 1. Synopsys’ claims for infringement of Claims 15-19 of the ’348 patent are dismissed with prejudice. 6 2. 7 without prejudice. 8 3. 9 ATopTech’s defenses pertaining to Claims 15-19 of the ’348 patent are dismissed Synopsys’ claims for infringement of Claims 1-4 and 7-11 of the ’127 patent and Claims 33-36 of the ’967 patent are dismissed with prejudice as moot. 10 11 12 June 14, 2016 Dated: _________________________ By: 13 Hon. Maxine Chesney United States District Judge 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -3- Joint Stipulation and (Proposed) Order Case No. 3:13-cv-02965-MMC (DMR)

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